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Tips and ideas on how to best spend a layover at New York Kennedy JFK airport. Got a favorite quiet place to connect to wifi? A great bar or restaurant? Maybe an exhibit or a walk? Share your JFK Airport layover experiences with others, or post a question and get notified when there is a response.

I arrive 1pm from Puerto Rico T8 with a connecting flight to Dublin also from T8 on american airlines. Will I have time for a quick visit 1-2hr to NYC (usual time square area for example) and back in time to make my flight at 6:45pm? Will have my boarding pass etc already so just need to come back through security.

I am married to Canadian sitizen and got my immigration visa and ticket one way Baku ( Azerbaijan )-Toronto ( canada) with 23 hours layover in JFK ..do I need apply for any kind of visa to get out from the airport to NYC do some sightseeing ?amd if yes how would I do that ? ..thank you !

I am going to be waiting at the airport for 5 hours for my family who is arriving on Virgin terminal 4. I need a quiet place to work on my laptop with wifi. Any ideas? I think the lounges are all located after you go through security.

I am just wondering what other people have done when they have had an overnight layover at JFK with an early morning departure. I will be flying JetBlue from Chicago to JFK. I arrive at JFK at 11:40 PM and then my flight to Santo Domingo is at 5:30 AM the next morning. I fly in and out Terminal 5. Any thoughts about the terminal and if its worth the hotel for a very short period of time. Can I sleep in the airside or hang out in the airside since I do have a boarding pass and its an international flight. Recommended that I am there at least 2 hours prior to my international flight departure time.
Thanks for the insights!

If you don't have checked bags you might be able to stay airside all night. If you do have checked bags you will probably have to claim them and re-check them in the morning. It's probably not worth getting a hotel. T5 is one of the better terminals at JFK to spend the night in.

Hello, we are flying in on emerites airlines and arrive in JFK at 7 pm. I am looking at a connecting flight to Denver that would leave at 8:40 pm. So 1 hour 40 minutes for immigration/customs. Looks like we will have to check a bag on emerites, but plan to carry on to jet blue. Will this allow enough time to get through customs? Otherwise, looks like we are going to have to get a hotel and fly out next day.

I am in agreement.....thinking about giving it a try and if we don't make it, accepting the fact that we might need to get a hotel and fly in the morning. My question is, why would the 2 tickets make a difference? Especially if I can online check in for my Jet Blue flight. Is there something else that I am not taking into consideration? Would love your thoughts.

I am traveling from cairo to chicago with a layover at JFK. my flight from cairo reaches JFK at 1300 hrs at terminal 4 and my fright to chicago leaves at 0600 hrs the next day. after clearing customs and immigration will i be allowed inside the terminal this early. I do not want to spend money on a hotel. I will have 2 large check in bags and a carry on luggage. Please suggest how i can make my night comfortable. I am open to using paid airport lounges.

Hello, we have a Sun Country flight that arrives Terminal 4 at JFK at 10:35am. We have a 10 hour layover at JFK, departing Terminal 5 at 9pm (Aer Lingus to Dublin). We have a family of 6 and I assume we will have all of our luggage, including checked, since we are changing terminals and airlines. This will make it too difficult to go in to the city to see our uncle. However, could he come to JFK to see us? Is there an area we could go to to hang out with him for a couple of hours? I know he can't go through security without a boarding pass, but is there an area we could see him at? How soon can we check our luggage before a flight? Thank you!

Yes, he could meet you in the Terminal 4 baggage claim or the Terminal 5 Lobby. The Aer Lingus counter may actually be open when you arrive since they have a noon flight to Dublin. Their next flight isn't until 5:30 so the counter will probably be closed from about 11 to 3.

Technically you're not supposed to unless your connection requires it, but there's nobody guarding the door to stop you and once you clear US Customs you will be outside the secure area of the airport. As long as you don't get in trouble and show up for your flight to Barbados you should be fine.

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I will be arriving at T1 at 10.25am and have a flight from T5 at 1.05pm.
These are two seperate tickets and I have 1 checked bag. I plan to check in online for my JetBlue flight so I will only have to drop my bag. I am quite familiar with JFK. Will a 2h40m layover be enough?

Hi, between travelling from the UK to Brazil, we have a stopover at JFK for 8 hours. We we're thinking of taking the Airbus into Manhattan for a few hours. Can someone tell me what time we would need to arrive back at JFK for? All flights are at same terminal with the same airline. Thanks :-)

You should be back at JFK 2 hours before your flight to Brazil. So figure an hour from Manhattan to JFK if you're leaving after 7 PM and 90 minutes if you're leaving before 7 PM for when you need to leave Manhattan.